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Muzzling Transferors of Intellectual Property: Assignor Estoppel in Canada

IPilogue

Many contracts assigning IP have detailed provisions dealing with the incidents of the assignment. Other contracts are brief, but all are written against the background of default rules such as those on estoppel. v Adkins 395 US 693 (1969), would carry over to patent assignments. . For example, in the U.K. , 7] Minerva, ibid at 15. [8]

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ChatGPT and Intellectual Property (IP) related Topics

LexBlog IP

Instead, OpenAI treats the matter as one of ownership via contract law. Patent law, the term “inventor” is defined as an “individual” or “individuals” who “invented or discovered the subject matter of the invention.” Patent law requires at least one human inventor. ” 35 U.S.